vergasta

Galician

Alternative forms

• vargasta, vergastra

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. Probably from verga (“rod”), but compare Asturian vardasca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beɾˈɣastɐ]

Noun

vergasta f (plural vergastas)

1. cane or rod for whipping
   • 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:

     O que a ti che compría, repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...

     "What you need", I reply, "is a good cane down your back; you have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"

   Synonyms: fustriga, verga, xostra

Related terms

• verga

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergastra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vergasta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡas.tɐ/ [veɦˈɡas.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡas.tɐ/ [veɦˈɡas.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈɡas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈɡas.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/ [bɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ver‧gas‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

vergasta f (plural vergastas)

1. cane (short rod used for corporal punishment)
2. (loosely) any type of whip

   Synonyms: açoite, chibata, chicote, látego

Related terms

• vergar
• vergastar

Etymology 2

Verb

vergasta

1. inflection of vergastar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative